21 March 2017

HR trends - what's happening in your region?

The BPIF HR Team travel the length and breadth of the country, advising members on a wide range of HR issues. Along the way we notice trends in each region that can be conversely different to other areas. Do your business's HR issues align with your regional peers?

Midlands

• Complex performance management cases
• Assisting members with business reviews and planning
• Line manager training
• Delivery of HR Healthchecks

North West

• Long Term sickness issues
• Small number of redundancies and restructuring exercises taking place
• Line Manager training in Northern Region

North East

• Still a number of companies struggling to survive, but on the whole the majority of companies are now becoming consistently busier with slightly more profitable work
• Increasing number of companies eager to manage their employee's performance and attendance more effectively, with a number of companies arranging training for their line managers to enable them to manage their people more successfully

South East

• TUPE issues ongoing, plus a number of companies relocating out of London
• Sensitive grievance cases
• Stronger emphasis on absence management
• Flexible working requests increasing, both maternity returners and other
• Increase in redundancy support and shift pattern changes

Eastern

• Changes to terms and conditions to include changes to commission and downgrading
• Long term sick challenges
• Sole redundancies
• Advising on employee handbook and policy and procedure creation

South West

• Difficult sickness cases ongoing
• Performance management issues
• Capability dismissals
• Sole redundancies
• Advising and reviewing employee handbooks, policies and procedures
• Changes in terms and conditions - removal of shift premium and changing hours
• Maternity and shared parental leave requests
• Delivery of Healthchecks and Seal of Excellence across the region